Sunday, January 25, 2009

I have made this pound cake before. I believe I made it for one of our Alaskan friend's birthdays. That was so long ago! I made this pound cake for the second time yesterday. It's not too sweet and it's not chocolate so that makes my husband happy :)

First I removed the innards. I put them in a ziplock bag because Anthony wants to eat them sometime. Gross!Next I put the following items in the largest pot I own:black peppercorns, bay leaves, minced garlic, about 1/4 chopped onion, 2 carrots chopped, and 2 celery stalks chopped, and lastly the chickenI filled the pot with warm waterI put the pot with a lid on the stove and boiled the chicken for about 90 minutesI stuck a meat thermometer in my chicken and it read 190 degreesI pulled the chicken out with tongs and let it rest on a plastic cutting boardI strained the huge amount of liquid into a large bowl and dumped the veggies and bay leaves in the garbageI put the stock back in my large pot and added salt(I poured a lot of salt in because when I tasted the broth it really needed it. TASTE before you season!), black pepper, chopped carrots and celery, boullion cubes, and my egg noodles.I boiled the liquid until the egg noodles were cookedWhile it was boiled I pulled apart my chicken. I made small bite sized pieces and added the chicken to my hot liquid.I let the chicken warm up again in the liquid and then served the soup

We had the soup with some crackers. Yum! I cant wait to eat the leftovers.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

So we went to Wegmans today and I picked up lemongrass and wanted to make something Thai. Anthony ended up making dinner and noticed that we ended up not using the lemongrass. HAHADinner was so so so good. This is his recipe typed by him.

In a food processor I grind the Oreos into a fine dustThen I add the cream cheese, its best if it has softenedI process again. The mixture looks like mud when its combined

Put wax paper on a cookie sheet or jelly roll panPut spoonfuls of the Oreo mixture on the wax paperPlace the pans in the freezerOnce the mixture is frozen, roll the spoonfuls into nice round balls

With a double boiler, melt the chocolate barkStick a toothpick in the ball and dip into the chocolate barkPlace the dipped ball back on the wax paperSprinkle immediately with sprinklesStick the truffles into the freezer

I store the finished truffles in a tupperware container with wax papers between the layers. I also keep the truffles in the freezer unless I'm serving them